President meets Japanese special envoy
President Moon Jae-in (right) talks with Nikai Toshihiro, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party who was dispatched as a special envoy to Korea...
President delivers 1st address to National Assembly
President Moon Jae-in delivers his first address to the National Assembly on June 12, asking the assembly to pass his supplementary budget bill on...
President meets FIFA head
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (left) is greeted by President Moon Jae-in at Cheong Wa Dae on June 12.
By Sohn JiAe and Kim Young Shin...
President stresses need for ‘broader, deeper, stronger democracy’
President Moon Jae-in speaks during a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the June Democracy Movement of 1987, at Seoul Plaza on June...
President nominates 5 ministers, appoints 4 vice ministers
Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Park Soo-hyun announces the nomination of five ministers and the official appointment of four vice ministers, at the Chunchugwan press...
President presides over first NSC meeting
President Moon Jae-in presides over his administration's first National Security Council meeting, at Cheong Wa Dae on June 8.
By Sohn JiAe
Photos = Cheong Wa...
President pledges more support for firefighters, first responders
President Moon Jae-in (center) examines pieces of burnt protective gear worn by firefighters at the scene of a fire. Choi Song-seop (left), head of...
Gov’t to actively respond to air pollution
Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon announces the government’s policy direction on the environment, during a ceremony to mark the 22nd Environment Day at the KINTEX...
President appoints 7 high-ranking administration officials
Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Park Soo-hyun announces the appointment of seven high-rankling administration officials, at the Chunchugwan press center at Cheong Wa Dae on...
Patriotism defines Korea as it is now: president
President Moon Jae-in approaches the Hyeonchungtap Memorial Tower during a ceremony to mark Memorial Day, at the Seoul National Cemetery in Dongjak-gu District, Seoul,...
UN Security Council adopts new North Korean resolution
The U.N. Security Council adopts a new resolution on North Korean sanctions, at U.N. headquarters in New York on June 2. (U.N. Security Council...
President meets former UN secretary general
President Moon Jae-in holds talks with former U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon where they discussed diplomatic issues facing Korea, at Cheong Wa Dae on...
Gwanghwamoon 1st Street draws global attention
Shin Sung-yeol, director of the Public Participation Policy Division at the Creative Government & Organizing Management Office, part of the Ministry of the Interior,...
President emphasizes new governing system, budget for job creation
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) leads a meeting with senior secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae on June 1.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa...
President meets with U.S. Senator
President Moon Jae-in (left) meets with U.S. Senator Dick Durbin at Cheong Wa Dae on May 31.
By Yoon Sojung
Photos = Cheong Wa Dae
President Moon...
New prime minister stresses ‘competent, communicative, united Cabinet’
President Moon Jae-in (right) gives a certificate of appointment to Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon, at Cheong Wa Dae on May 31.
By Sohn JiAe
“A Cabinet...
President pledges to improve ocean safety, security
President Moon Jae-in (right) looks around the Saemangeum, an area of reclaimed land in Jeollabuk-do Province, along with Lee Byoung-gook, administrator of the Saemangeum...
President holds phone call with Dutch PM
President Moon Jae-in holds a phone call with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on May 30 to discuss cooperation measures between the two countries....
President Moon meets with former Indonesian president
Former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (left) is greeted by President Moon Jae-in at Cheong Wa Dae on May 29. (Cheong Wa Dae)
By Lee Hana
President...
Cheong Wa Dae names nominees to head 4 ministries
Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Park Su-hyun announces the president's nominees for minister of the interior, minister of culture, sports and tourism, minister of land,...
